"Buzzard Chaser" wrote in message ... Howdy. Anyone know about a school called Silver State Helicopters? They are advertising classes in my area and say they will give you a job upon graduation. Problem I see is that...

Today I started an intensive PPL(H) course. (I'm going to fly three times a week, two hours a day.) I did an hours trial lesson last year in an R22 which I enjoyed immensely and cemented my determination to learn to fly these bizarre contraptions. Finally, nearly a year later I've got the...

Well I finally got to go flying again today. It's been a week since my first day at it and I've been dying to get up again. The weather was much the same as last week, slightly blustery around 10 kts with good visibility and temperature around 23 degrees C. We started off in the first hour by...

Don't know why but 5 minutes after I posted this Outlook told me it was no longer on the server. So I'm reposting it. Apologies if Outlook lies and it's up twice. -- Well I finally got to go flying again today. It's been a week since my first day at it and I've been dying to get up again. The...

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It's typical... as I look out my window right now, at 6PM there's a bright blue, calm and cloudless autumn sky. Perfect flying weather. When I turned up at the airport this morning it was raining, 8/8 cloudbase at 300 ft, with about 1 mile horizontal visibility. No good. I was about to turn...

Well I'm going to try and do this a bit different. I just got home from the airport and I'm determined to try and encapsulate my day's flying in writing *before* I have a hot bath to relieve the aches and pains (and boy do I ache today) or fall asleep and wipe my memory of the flights. Hopefully...

Well I didn't write anything last week because I had a really bad second day's flying. Having done really well the day before side-slipping round a hover square I think I went in to it with too much confidence. Early in the second hour I came down a little too hard on concrete and instantly got...

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... The DPE told me when he gave me my temporary certificate, "This is your license to learn; that's it! Use it well." I'd have to say he hit that one right on...

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... Had a 90 minute block on the schedule this afternoon and was convinced when I woke at 6:30 it wasn't going to happen. It was raining and winds were very gusty. ...

I know I've been a bit lax with my lesson reports lately. Unfortunately the devil's ****ed on my cornflakes and I've acquired a rather nasty medical condition that's going to take some work to get over, not to mention a large amount of circus training in order to be able to jump through hoops the...

A few weeks ago on my last flight I kept having to put the collective lock on and scratch my nose on the circuit approach. Could be nerves, but my instructor noticed and commented "we'll have to get the tail rotor looked at during the next service." When I queried that odd announcement, I was...

Can you get liability insurance for the Helicycle? If so, how much would it run in ballpark figures. What do you do with your Helicycle. Do you fly over 100 miles in it or do you just fly within a short area. I am interested in the helicopter, but one seat and limited range make me think twice. ...

Has anyone ever run a AS 350 or 355 without the Main rotor blades fitted? We do it all the time with our 315 but I've never heard of it with a Squirrel / A Star. It would make tail rotor balancing a lot easier for a start - i.e. no pilot needed. That's what we do with our Lama and use to do with...

Anybody any idea what's happened to the AAIB report on Colin McRae's accident? It doesn't normally take a year to get a report out. There is nothing on the AAIB web site. Slatts

I am amazed that anyone could write such utter rubbish! Don't newspapers check anything nowadays? Apparently they can't find the "drivebelt" to the main rotor! A Squirrel doesn't have one!* And why haven't they noticed yet that it's an AS350 single not an AS355 Twin Squirrel? At least some of the...

Im not sure if anyone heard of this person. He was the designer of MINI-500 and many excellent pilots died in this product. I want to let you know that this person is still alive He married an asian girl and living in China right now. I have been seen this videos online.

hello I just finshed to build the aw95. I am glad to talk to people which are also buidling this helicopter. regards stephan

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Hi, many of the large Mil helis have what looks like a third turbine above, and slightly behind the two main turbines. What is it? All of the specs for these helis say they have two turbines. I can see blades in some photos, so it's obviously something like a turbine. Thanks,...